James Chui will be appointed to the Empire Board of Directors when the common shares of Empires are released to Excellence Raise Overseas Ltd. pursuant to the Subscription Receipt Agreement. Mr. Chui has been Chairman and CEO of EROL since 2013. Mr. Chui was instrumental in arranging the private placement financing that led to the spinout of Tornado Global Hydrovacs Ltd. ("Tornado") from Empire and serves as Tornado's Executive Chairman. In 2010, Mr. Chui was the co-founder and remains an officer and Director of HIP Energy Corp., HIP Energy Resource Limited and HIP Technology Limited. He has been Chairman and President at Sino-Pacific Agency Partners (Hong Kong) Limited since 2010. He also serves as a Director of Beijing You Peng Technology Co. Ltd. which is one of the largest on-line video content (OTV) platforms in China. He is also the Chief of Business Development of United Biomedical Group Inc., and also serves as the supervisor and Director of its subsidiary United BioPharma Inc.